Cartesian Growth (GLBL) Competitors

Artisan Partners Asset Management (NYSE:APAM) and Cartesian Growth (NASDAQ:GLBL) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in APAM or GLBL?

Artisan Partners Asset Management received 32 more outperform votes than Cartesian Growth when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.43% of users gave Cartesian Growth an outperform vote while only 52.31% of users gave Artisan Partners Asset Management an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Artisan Partners Asset Management	Outperform Votes 339 52.31%	Underperform Votes 309 47.69%
Cartesian Growth	Outperform Votes 307 60.43%	Underperform Votes 201 39.57%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of APAM or GLBL?

86.4% of Artisan Partners Asset Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.3% of Cartesian Growth shares are held by institutional investors. 13.0% of Artisan Partners Asset Management shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Cartesian Growth shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is APAM or GLBL more profitable?

Artisan Partners Asset Management has a net margin of 23.36% compared to Cartesian Growth's net margin of 0.00%. Artisan Partners Asset Management's return on equity of 74.02% beat Cartesian Growth's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Artisan Partners Asset Management	23.36%	74.02%	18.39%
Cartesian Growth	N/A	-70.50%	5.30%

Do analysts rate APAM or GLBL?

Artisan Partners Asset Management currently has a consensus target price of $37.90, suggesting a potential downside of 6.19%. Given Artisan Partners Asset Management's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Artisan Partners Asset Management is more favorable than Cartesian Growth.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Artisan Partners Asset Management	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Cartesian Growth	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media favor APAM or GLBL?

In the previous week, Artisan Partners Asset Management had 4 more articles in the media than Cartesian Growth. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Artisan Partners Asset Management and 0 mentions for Cartesian Growth. Artisan Partners Asset Management's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Cartesian Growth's score of 1.19 indicating that Artisan Partners Asset Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Artisan Partners Asset Management	Positive
Cartesian Growth	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, APAM or GLBL?

Artisan Partners Asset Management has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cartesian Growth has a beta of -0.09, suggesting that its stock price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, APAM or GLBL?

Artisan Partners Asset Management has higher revenue and earnings than Cartesian Growth. Artisan Partners Asset Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cartesian Growth, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Artisan Partners Asset Management	$1.12B	2.88	$259.70M	$3.62	11.16
Cartesian Growth	N/A	N/A	-$1.03M	$0.44	48.58

Summary

Artisan Partners Asset Management beats Cartesian Growth on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.